Article 6 Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 6(1) art. 6 renumbered as art. 6(1) by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2015 art. 3(4)(a)
art. 6(1)(da) inserted by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2015 art. 3(4)(b)
art. 6(2) inserted by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2015 art. 3(4)(c)
art. 6(1) words substituted by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2023 art. 2(2)(a)
art. 6(1)(t) word substituted by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2023 art. 2(2)(b)
art. 6(1)(k) word substituted by Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) 2023 art. 2(2)
art. 6(1)(o) words substituted by Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) 2023 art. 2(3)
art. 6(1)(t) inserted by Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) 2022 art. 2(2)

Each of the forms listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (s) and set out in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed as the version partly in Welsh and partly in English which shall be used at a parliamentary election in Wales in place of—

(a)

in the case of form 1, the form of back of ballot paper prescribed in the Appendix to Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act^f1;

(b)

in the case of form 2, the form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting prescribed in the Appendix to Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act^f2;

(c)

in the case of form 3, the notice prescribed by rule 29(5) (voting compartment notice) in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act^f3;

(d)

in the case of form 4, the form of directions for guidance of voters in voting prescribed in paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004^f4;

(e)

in the case of form 5, form A (official poll card) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations^f5;

(f)

in the case of form 6, form A1 (official postal poll card) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(g)

in the case of form 7, form B (official proxy poll card) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(h)

in the case of form 8, form B1 (official proxy postal poll card) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(i)

in the case of form 9, form C (return of expenses required by section 75 of the 1983 Act) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(j)

in the case of form 10, form D (declaration as to expenses required by section 75 of the 1983 Act) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations,

(k)

in the case of form 11, form E (proxy paper) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations.

(l)

in the case of form 12, form G (postal voting statement) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations^f6;

(m)

in the case of form 13, form H (postal voting statement – combined poll, joint issue) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(n)

in the case of form 14, form J (postal voting statement – combined poll, separate issue) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(o)

in the case of form 15, form K (statement as to postal ballot papers) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations^f7;

(p)

in the case of form 16, form L1 (corresponding number list) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations^f8;

(q)

in the case of form 17, form L2 (corresponding number list) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations;

(r)

in the case of form 18, form M1 (corresponding number list – combined election) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations; and

(s)

in the case of form 19, form M2 (corresponding number list - combined election) in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c.2; the form of back of ballot paper was amended by section 31 of, and paragraph 74 of Schedule 2 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).
f2: 1983 c.2: the form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting was substituted by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).
f3: 1983 c.2; rule 29(5) was amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).
f4: S.I. 2004/294; paragraph 28 was substituted by regulation 4(12) of S.I. 2006/3298.
f5: S.I. 2001/341; forms A and B were substituted and forms A1 and B2 were inserted by 2006 S.I. 2006/2910.
f6: S.I. 2001/341; forms G, H and J were substituted by S.I. 2006/2910.
f7: S.I. 2001/341; form K was substituted by S.I. 2006/2910.
f8: S.I. 2001/341; forms L1, L2, M1 and M2 were substituted by S.I. 2006/2910.